Martin Amis, a witty and darkly humorous British novelist known for his works “Money” and “London Fields,” has died at 73.
His wife, the author Isabel Fonseca, confirmed his passing Saturday to The Recent York Times, saying the reason for death was esophageal cancer.
Amis died Friday at his Lake Value, Florida, home after a prolific writing profession. He penned 15 novels including “Time’s Arrow” (1991) and “The Information” (1995).
The esteemed author once told The Recent York Times Book Review that he wanted “to create a high style to explain low things.”
“I’m often accused of concentrating on the pungent, rebarbative side of life in my books, but I feel I’m quite sentimental about it,” he said within the 1985 interview. “Anyone who reads the tabloid papers will rub up against much greater horrors than I describe.”
Amis, who also wrote seven nonfiction books and two story collections, was frequently featured within the tabloids, which speculated on his reportedly juicy personal life and skewered him for his controversial remarks.
Born in Oxford, England, on Aug. 25, 1949, the author was well-traveled before he turned 18 as a result of his father’s work.
Satirically, he was “pretty illiterate” until he was 17 and skim Jane Austen with the encouragement of his step-mother, in response to The Times. He later graduated from Exeter College at Oxford in 1971 and went on to work a series of editorial gigs in London.
While he took after his novelist father, the late Kingsley Amis, they often butted heads — but being the kid of a author gave him a leg up.
He published his first novel, “The Rachel Papers,” in 1973, writing the sexually-charged prose in a 12 months. He followed it with “Dead Babies” two years later, a darkly comical piece of fiction that detailed the drug habits and sex lives of a gaggle of young people.
His widely acclaimed piece of labor is “Money” (1984), which Time Magazine named one in every of “the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923,” when the publication launched.
Amis’ latest work, “Inside Story” (2020), was dubbed a “novelized autobiography,” which included writing suggestions and memories from his literary tenure.
Amis wed twice in his lifetime. In 1984 he married Antonia Phillips, with whom he shares two sons, Louis and Jacob. Following their divorce, he tied the knot with Fonseca. They share two daughters, Fernanda and Clio.
He’s survived by his brother, James Boyd, Fonseca, Fernanda, Clio, Louis, Jacob, 4 grandchildren and Delilah Jeary, a daughter from a short-lived affair with artist Lamorna Seale.
The Post has reached out to Amis’ reps for comment.
